SFFD: Injured person dies after Cruise cars block first responders
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San Francisco Fire Department personnel said a critically injured person died after two Cruise cars prevented first responders from leaving the area.
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I disagree that human drivers in general act more responsible than AV. And for exactly this use case as well, I read too many stories about emergency cars stuck in traffic causing death of someone.

The only country where emergency corridor works well is Germany, afaik.

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They work quite well in Czechia as well.

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Sounds good, can you share an example. In Germany, this is called “Rettungsgasse” and works (mostly always) like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kPT7VHVTb8

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Pretty much the same. Few years ago we even changed the law to be in tune with Germany and our other neighbors - previously the corridor was on the right side, now it’s on the left. IIRC we were the only ones who had it on the right.

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This sounds really good. Thank you for sharing!

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